background service is not running anymore when app minimized

[juntiapps]

background task is not running anymore when app minimized. it still running in emulator. but not running in real device.
RN 0.72, device poco x3

[onderbakirtas]

Bump message for issue, affects me as well.

React Native 0.72, Samsung Galaxy S23

[Sahilcf]

Same here
React native 0.72, Redme Note 10 pro

[alan-nugraha]

same issue, on android 12

[apapalillo]

Hi, I've spent hours debugging why the service didn't start after upgrading React Native.

In the end, I've figured out that I needed to add an exclusion in the proguard file:

# React Native Background Actions
-keep public class com.asterinet.react.bgactions.** {*;}

Hope this works for you too.